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iOS Local Files: Easier import with the Files app

It is now easier to import Local Files into the Spotify iOS app through the Files app on your iOS device. A computer and WiFi network are not required to use this new import method. This means that you can now import Local Files into the Spotify iOS ...

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Help! iPad/iPhone Spotify Jukebox app

Hi everyone, looking for a little help. I used to use "playmysong" on the iPhone to host a spotify jukebox. Unfortunately, the latest version doesn't support spotify playback. There are a couple of other's I have found, but they just don't do the bus...

  • Gig Goer
  • Hi everyone, looking for a little help. I used to use "playmysong" on the iPhone to host a spotify jukebox. Unfortunately, the latest version doesn't support spotify playback. There are a couple of o...
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iPhone 4s won't should up under "Devices" Wireless OR USB on MacBook Pro

I've tried everything on the forums that I could find and I'm having no luck... I have an iPhone 4S (running 6.0.1) and premium Spotify (app version 0.5.9.10 - Spotify core: 0.7.1.6114). I have a MacBook Pro running 10.8.2. It doesn't show up on devi...

  • Music Fan
  • I've tried everything on the forums that I could find and I'm having no luck...   I have an iPhone 4S (running 6.0.1) and premium Spotify (app version 0.5.9.10 - Spotify core: 0.7....
  • Joe
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Unable to play purchased songs

Why won't Spotify play my purchased downloads? Since the last update they are still in my playlists but greyed out, in order to play them it says I need to update to premium but I've already paid for them!!! Is anyone else experiencing this problem?

  • Newbie
  • Why won't Spotify play my purchased downloads? Since the last update they are still in my playlists but greyed out, in order to play them it says I need to update to premium but I've already paid for...
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Browse on ipad

When will the new browse function be available on the iPad?

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  • When will the new browse function be available on the iPad?
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Synch with ipod nano

I Activated a premium account and i am now testing. Just to be sure, and to understand (because reading in the community gives me different and opposit information) You can not sync a playlist (even if you made it offline available) to your ipod nano...

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  • I Activated a premium account and i am now testing. Just to be sure, and to understand (because reading in the community gives me different and opposit information)     You can not ...
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Solved!! Can I Listen To Local Files On iPhone With Spotify Free?

I was wondering if it was possible to play ONLY local files that I have already synced from my computer using the Spotify app on my iPhone with Spotify Free. I have Spotify Premium at the moment, but was wondering if this was possible on Spotify Free...

  • Casual Listener
  • I was wondering if it was possible to play ONLY local files that I have already synced from my computer using the Spotify app on my iPhone with Spotify Free. I have Spotify Premium at the moment, but...
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Solved!! Air Play i IPOD Touch

The symbol for Air Play have disappeared in my IPOD Touch. Or have it changed place? So my question is; what to do, if I want to use Air Play?

  • Casual Listener
  • The symbol for Air Play have disappeared in my IPOD Touch. Or have it changed place? So my question is; what to do, if I want to use Air Play?
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iOS 7 - Lock Screen Time Bar not Reseting

Hi, With spotify version 0.7.6.37 on iOS 7, when I replay a track on the lock screen or the new quick setting menu, the song timer doesn't get reset.... Hope you guys can fix this in your next release. Kind Regards, Tariq

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  • Hi,   With spotify version 0.7.6.37 on iOS 7, when I replay a track on the lock screen or the new quick setting menu, the song timer doesn't get reset....   Hope you guys can fix th...
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Tracks STILL not syncing to iPhone

I'm getting really sick of this. This is an issue i've had with Spotify since I first signed up last year. I have music on my computer. I create a new playlist on Spotify, and add the tracks. I connect my iPhone 5 to the same wifi network that my com...

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  • I'm getting really sick of this. This is an issue i've had with Spotify since I first signed up last year.  I have music on my computer. I create a new playlist on Spotify, and add the tracks...
  • Joe
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iOS wont sync

I have been using Spotify Premium for a long time and just recently it stopped syncing one of my playlists that i have made offline ever since I started using spotify. This summer it lost all the songs so that they are not able offline but when I'm o...

  • Casual Listener
  • I have been using Spotify Premium for a long time and just recently it stopped syncing one of my playlists that i have made offline ever since I started using spotify. This summer it lost all the son...
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Browse option won't show on my iPhone app

My husband's spotify shows search & browse and he can look through playlists that have been created and stuff but I'm stuck to just searching. Why? We both have iPhone 5's that are updated. I upgraded to premium to see if that would work, it didn't. ...

  • Casual Listener
  • My husband's spotify shows search & browse and he can look through playlists that have been created and stuff but I'm stuck to just searching. Why? We both have iPhone 5's that are updated. I upg...
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I can't get my ipod to pop up on spotify... help?

I got a new ipod. I am trying to use Spotify to put all the music on it. But when I plug my ipod up, nothing pops up under "Devices" on Spoitfy. Its not a touch or anything. Its a Nano 1st generation. Can someone please tell me why its doing this? I ...

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  • I got a new ipod. I am trying to use Spotify to put all the music on it. But when I plug my ipod up, nothing pops up under "Devices" on Spoitfy. Its not a touch or anything. Its a Nano 1st generation...
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Ipod password

So heres my problem right now. Spotify wont send me the email to set up the mobile password. I signed up for premium for 10 bucks a month, now with that I think I deserve some sort f customer service, not a FAQ page. Trying to listen right now on the...

  • Casual Listener
  • So heres my problem right now. Spotify wont send me the email to set up the mobile password. I signed up for premium for 10 bucks a month, now with that I think I deserve some sort f customer service...
  • Joe
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Text Display for Longer Playlist Names

I wish there was a way to see the complete text for longer playlist names which go past the edge of the screen. I add albums as playlists a lot and the names can get a little long. If I have multiple albums from an artist in separate playlists and th...

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  • I wish there was a way to see the complete text for longer playlist names which go past the edge of the screen.  I add albums as playlists a lot and the names can get a little long.  If I h...
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Music stop, why?

Hello,I've a problem:If i play a number, add a next number, wait to hè is playing, and add then a next number, why stops the music then? It was on a iPhone 5 64gb gsm, airplaine mode + Wi-Fi are on, with offline numbers.It is verry bad..... Can anybo...

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  • Hello, I've a problem: If i play a number, add a next number, wait to hè is playing, and add then a next number, why stops the music then? It was on a iPhone 5 64gb gsm, airplaine mode + Wi-Fi are ...
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Spotify via iPhone is not working in BMW

I have serveral songs offline on my iPhone. When I start playing Spotify in my BMW via iDrive, it works for about 10 minutes. Then it stops. When I disconnect the iPhone, from the BMW, I can hear the songs via the iPhone. When I start my car again, i...

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  • I have serveral songs offline on my iPhone. When I start playing Spotify in my BMW via iDrive, it works for about 10 minutes. Then it stops. When I disconnect the iPhone, from the BMW, I can hear...
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2 accounts same email address and iOS is not working on premium.

Hi,As the subject says I have 2 accounts a Facebook and spotify. I think because of this my iOS spotify on premium is not working. Would it be possible to delete the Facebook account?Regards,

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  • Hi, As the subject says I have 2 accounts a Facebook and spotify. I think because of this my iOS spotify on premium is not working. Would it be possible to delete the Facebook account? Rega...
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Help! I need somebody!

Description I have spotify premium. Whenever I plug my ipod in, and choose to manually select playlists, Spotify closes.It has become extremely frustrating. A more detailed description, using numbered steps 1. First I restored my ipod. 2. Then I sele...

  • Casual Listener
  • Description I have spotify premium. Whenever I plug my ipod in, and choose to manually select playlists, Spotify closes. It has become extremely frustrating.  A more detailed description, u...
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Still slow downloads

I have an iPhone 4 and 5 and Spitify is slow to download on both. Looking through the Forum posts this isn't a problem with customers hard wear its an issue with Spotify systems. We need to notify a few high profile business / tech journalists to thi...

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  • I have an iPhone 4 and 5 and Spitify is slow to download on both. Looking through the Forum posts this isn't a problem with customers hard wear its an issue with Spotify systems. We need to notify a ...
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"unable to play track" on iphone 5s

Description I got a new Iphone 5s and spotify refuses to play any tracks with the error message " unable to play track" . I have cleared history/cookies, rebooted, reinstalled but the problem remains. This is true for streaming and syncing. A more de...

  • Casual Listener
  •   Description I got a new Iphone 5s and spotify refuses to play any tracks with the error message " unable to play track" . I have cleared history/cookies, rebooted, reinstalled but the prob...
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